Combined tie-plate and rail anticreeper.



M. s. GLA & E. DRBoN, Jn. COMBINED TIE E AND A EEPER.

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umriss. CLARKE, or HoUsT'oN, TEXAS, AND EDWARD L. manon, an., or sT. LOUIS,

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COMBINED vTInrLa'rn AND RAIL ANTIenEErEn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application med my 17, 190s. serial in. 490,500.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

Our inverition relates toy aA combined tiepla'te and-rail anticree`per, the principal ob- ]ect of our; invention belng to' provlde a constructionwhereby thel tie plate is lockedto thebaseof the rail, and also in constructing a tie plate rovided Vwith rejected lips to prevent therbase of the rail from bein dislocated and riding on the lugs or shou ders ofthe tie plate; also; in providin a yielding'backing 'for the spike as it is being driven 'and angidbrace or backing under the head. of the spike when it has been driven, whereby the spike when driven is held in engagement with the base of the rail, and also providing thc under surface I of the tie plate with a continuous rib,whcre by when the same is seated Ion a tie it practically forms an inclosed chamber and pre` vents the plate from lateral movementon the tie.

To the above purposes, our invention consists in .certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of the tie plate; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2 of Flg. l, the rail and a portion of theI tie bein in section; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the ine 3-3`of Fig. 1; Fig. fl. is an end view of the shoulder end of the tie plate.4

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings 1 .indicates a tie plate, which is preferablycast ori-tof `malleable material or stamped from soft steel or iron. The said plate is provided on its under surface with a continuous rib 2, having a variable outline of reverse curves, and is provided on its top surface adjacent its outer end with a shoulder 3, which shoulder preferably' eX- tends across. the top of the plate. Arisin lr from said shoulder and formed integrzil however, that the and for putting tension on the tie opening and formed integral With the is a lug 6, the inner face of which lug 1s 1n line with one wall of the spike otpeninvor virtually forms a continuation o the' ack wall of the spike openin Said lug has three functions: it proviv s an increased Contact face for the back of the spike it answers as a yielding brace vfor the splke while being drlven; and after the splke has been driven it acts as a rigid brace underneath the back portion of the head of the spike, preventing the upturning or Withdrawing of the spike from the ase of the rail. llormed in the opposite end yof said plate is an ordinary spike o enin 7, which has a similar lug 6 to the ug eretofore described, and which lug 6 isfor the same purpose as the lug 6 heretofore described. Although we have only shown two spike openings, one in each end of the plate, we .may provide the plate with any number of spike openings, and locate them wherever desired. Formed in the inner end of the plate is a key or wedge opening 8- having a shoulder 9 projectin above the surface of the plate, the wall o said shoulder being in alinement with one, wall of said key or wedge opening. The wall of the key or wedge opening 8- op Josite the shoulder 9 is inclined so ,that the ength of the opening is greater' at the topv than at the bottom, said wall terminating in arcduced portion 10.

11 indicates a wedge which we em loy in securing the tie plate l to the base o a rail, such as 12, it being'noted in thisconnection, wedge 11 which we employ 'is' merely for the urpose of fastening the Aplate tothe base o the rail, as above stated pate and coming preventing it from"bucklingl or curved.

In the practical operatinof .our'invention, the tie late 1 `1s secured to the tie by means' of or inary l spikes, such as 13, inserted in the spike openings `5 and f7. As the spike is driven into the tie (reference being 'had to Fig. 3), the lug 6 formed on the tie 110 loo,

plate will act as a yieldingbrace against` head lying above the rear face of the spike and will hold andmaintain the spike in intimate contact with thefb'ase of the rail. If desired, the lugs 4 are then bent downfwardly, as illustrated in Fig.4 2, over the top ofthe Opposite flange of the rail. The wedgev ill is next inserted in the wedgeopenlng 8, and is driven downward, and by referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that there is a threeointcontact between the wedge and shouler 9, the inside edge of the rail base, and

th'e reduced portion l0 of the wall of the opening. The forcing or driving ofthe wedge lnwardly will, as it is readily apparent,\1mpart a longitudinal strain on the tie.

plate, or, in other words, will ut it under tension and prevent itfrom curving, and by puttin -it under tension said tie plate is firmly ocked to the base of the rail.. By firmly securing in this manner4 the plate to the rail base, said tie plate and rail base willmove together,and there will be no wear from lost motion or vibration, which is the cause of worn spikes, worn ties, ,and generally loose track conditions.

examining Fig. 2 it will be seenthat .the inclined wall of the key or wedge opening S-lessens the contactsurface between the wedge of said wall, and really affords orpermits the full contact. between .the inside cushion beneath the tie* plate. It will -also edge of the base flange of the rail and the wedge.' In other words, the way this wall is cut away it ldoes not materially interfere with the contact between said edge and the wedge, the reduced portion 10 of the wall ,aching more as a guide anda brace for thel insideedgey of the wedge.

. ljThe peculiar form of rib 2 which we employ isvery advantageous in that it is a continuous rib, which whenapplied to a tie forms virtually ,a chamber between the bottom of the tieplate and the tie, and the same'being of irregular and broken outline of reverse curves, -forms a4 firm contact-with the tie and prevents any lateral movement of the tie plate, and virtually forms an air be observed that the marginal edges of the tie plate are tapered downwardly, the cen-y tra-lportion of the tie plate, however, not belng reduced, which' gives a full width base transversely of the plate, preventing a* rockin A of the platetransversely.

e clalm:

1. A combined tie' plate and mii ana.

creeper, comprising a b se plate, a shoulder for the outslde edge of a rail base formed on the top surface'of said plate, lugs projectin from said shoulder, spike 'openings formed in said base "plate, a, wedge opening having a shoulder in line with one of 1ts walls.

uckling or formed in said base plate, and a wedge adapted to be inserted in said opening for securing the tie plate to the base of the rail.

2. A combined tie plate and yrail anti- Creeper, comprising a base plate, a continuous rib formed en the lower surface of said base plate, la sho'ulder formed on the top surface of said base plate, lugs projecting from said shoulder, spike openings formed in said base plate, a wedge opening having a shoulder in line with one of its side walls formed in said base p1ateanda wedge adapted to be inserted in said opening for .securing the tie plate to the base of the rail.

3. A combined tie-,plate andyrail lanticreeper, comprisingia base plate,"ashoulder formed on the top surface of said base plate, lugs projecting from said shoulder, spike openings formed in saidbase plate, bracing lugs formed on said base plate in line with one of the walls of fthe spike openings, a wedge opening having a shoulder in line with one of its walls-formed in said base plate, and a wedge adapted to be inserted in said Wedge opening for securing the tie plate to the base of the rail'.

4. A combined tie plate and rail anti- Creeper, comprising a base plate, a continuous rib formed on the bottom face of said 4 of the spike openings, a wedge opening havinga shoulder inline withione of its walls .formed in said base plate, and a wedge adapted to be inserted in said'wedge open-` ingv for securing the tie `plate to the base of the rail. v

45. A combined tie plate and rail anticreeper, comprising a base plate, a continuous rib 'formed on the'bottom face of said base plate, a shoulder formed onthe top surface of,said base plate, lugs projectin from said shoulder, spike openings form in said base plate, bracinglugs `formed 0n said base plate in line with one of the Walls'4 of the spike openings, a wedge opening having a shoulder in' line with one of its walls formed in said base plate, `the Wall'. of said opening opposite the lug being inclined, and

a wedge adapted to be inserted yin said wedge opening for securing the tieplate. t0 the base of the rail. i

6. A Atie plate, provided with a continuous variable rib projecting from its lunder surface, awedge opening formed through said plate, the inner wallv of said wedgeo enin being inclined, a spike openi-n fnrme through s aid tie plate, and a yiel ingl bracing lug rising upwardly from the rear Wall of sai spike opening and adapted to engage with and support therear portion of the head of the spike while being seated, and

I rib projecting preventin the ortion of the spike adjacent the head rom endin rearwardly.

7 A tie plate' rovi ed vwith a continuous rom its under surface, a shoulder-.on its top surface, and projections arisin from said shoulder, said projections capab e of being, bent inwardly over the edge of the base of the rail, the said-plate being provided with suitable spike opemn s.

8. A tie plate provided with suitable s i e openings a transversely disposed shou der on its top surface andprojections arising from said shoulder, said projections capable of being bent over the edge of the base of the rai 9. A tieplate having its ends and a portion-of its sides reduced in thickness, suitable spike openin s formed through said plate, and a shoul er' disposed transversely on the to surface of said plate and projections arismg from saidshoulder.

10. A tie 'plate provided with suitable spike openings, a yielding bracing lug arising upwardly from the rear Wall of each of said spike openingsfa transversely disposed shoulder on the top surface of said plate 'and projections arisin' from said shoulder, id projections capabe of being bent over .the edge of the'base of the rail.

11. A combinedA tie plate and rail anticreeper, comprising a base plate, a shoulder for the outside edge of the rail base cast on the top surface of said plate and extending transversely across the rail bearing1 surface of the plate, spike openings forme in said base plate, a wed e o enixig having its inner Wall inclined, a s ou der in line with one of its Walls cast on said base plate, anda wedge adapted to be inserted inv said opening for securing the tie plate tothe baseof the rail. 12. A combined tie `plate 'and rail anti- Creeper, com rising a base late, a shoulder for the outsi e ed e of a rai base formed onv the topsurface oi said plate and extending transversely across therail-bearing surface of said plate, spike openings formed in said base plate, a wedge opening havin a shoulder in line with one of its walls ormed on said base plate, and a wedoe adapted to be inserted in said opening Ifor putting said tie plate under tension and preventing it from buckling or curving, and securing the f tie plate to the base of the rail.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names Ato this specication, in presence of two subscribin witnesses. l

MA CUS S. CLARKE. EDWARD L. ADREON, JR. `Witnesses. to signature of Marcus S. Clarke: 4

SIDNEY HALvERToN, OLE FINs'rEAD. Witnesses to signature of Edward L.

Adreon, Jr.:

H. G. FLETCHER, E. L. WALLACE. 

